John Zorn (jazz, genre, album, solo, classic)

Slowhand · 04-24-2006, 08:35 PM

This guy has done lots of different music, from the Naked City days to his later solo efforts, but one of the styles that stands out the most is a sort of avantgarde neo-classical music that, at times, reaches the level of plain noise. This is the stuff you'd find in quirky college art films, but it's quite interesting to listen to and appreciate alone. Try The Circle Maker and Angelus Novus for a taste of his genius.

Sound Devastation · 05-14-2006, 08:34 AM

John Zorn is good... are familiar with his label Tzadik?

beat yr own KID · 07-01-2006, 07:21 PM

John Zorn is way too good haha.

Sound Devastation · 07-02-2006, 01:21 PM

indeed... any other recommendations for similar kind of stuff?

allisonthepianist · 05-03-2007, 04:02 PM

David Douglas....avant garde jazz guy....trumpet player....great stuff

jackhammer · 07-01-2007, 07:24 PM

Naked City is a masterpiece in musical dexterity and genre baiting. However it is not an album I listen to a regular basis.

tardis · 07-03-2007, 10:37 AM

I've only heard The Big Gundown...very eclectic, but I like!

Ornette · 07-04-2007, 05:01 PM

Yeah he's a genius.

cerberus · 07-19-2007, 09:26 AM

I've only heard of the stuff he did with Mike Patton, like Hemophiliac. And it sounds good... not the easiest to listen to, but pretty good..

it has talent, but not aesthetic quality.

mixed meters · 08-23-2007, 10:41 PM

John Zorn is awesome. His sax playing is mad.

04-24-2006, 08:35 PM	#1 (permalink)
Slowhand Music Addict Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 48	John Zorn This guy has done lots of different music, from the Naked City days to his later solo efforts, but one of the styles that stands out the most is a sort of avantgarde neo-classical music that, at times, reaches the level of plain noise. This is the stuff you'd find in quirky college art films, but it's quite interesting to listen to and appreciate alone. Try The Circle Maker and Angelus Novus for a taste of his genius. __________________ Mitch Hedberg rules. Slowhand's Poemy Pothole

05-14-2006, 08:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
Sound Devastation Music Addict Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 728	John Zorn is good... are familiar with his label Tzadik? __________________ Out soon... AMENRA - Mass III 2xLP [stunning vinyl release of the belgian sludgecore giants epic 06 album] FALL OF EFRAFA - Owsla & Elil CD&LP [British crust/doom/post-metal band Fall of Efrafa deliver part two (Elil) on their dark conceptual trilogy. Part one (Owsla) will also be re-released for the first time in the UK] *** visit... Sound Devastation Records website**

07-02-2006, 01:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sound Devastation Music Addict Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 728	indeed... any other recommendations for similar kind of stuff? __________________ Out soon... AMENRA - Mass III 2xLP [stunning vinyl release of the belgian sludgecore giants epic 06 album] FALL OF EFRAFA - Owsla & Elil CD&LP [British crust/doom/post-metal band Fall of Efrafa deliver part two (Elil) on their dark conceptual trilogy. Part one (Owsla) will also be re-released for the first time in the UK] *** visit... Sound Devastation Records website**

07-01-2007, 07:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Naked City is a masterpiece in musical dexterity and genre baiting. However it is not an album I listen to a regular basis. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

07-03-2007, 10:37 AM	#7 (permalink)
tardis La La La Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: British Columbia Posts: 48	I've only heard The Big Gundown...very eclectic, but I like! __________________ I am the flood who purifies

07-01-2006, 07:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
beat yr own KID Music Addict Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fort Washington MD Posts: 923	John Zorn is way too good haha.

05-03-2007, 04:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
allisonthepianist Groupie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 20	David Douglas....avant garde jazz guy....trumpet player....great stuff

07-04-2007, 05:01 PM	#8 (permalink)
Ornette Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 100	Yeah he's a genius.

07-19-2007, 09:26 AM	#9 (permalink)
cerberus Groupie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Australia Posts: 47	I've only heard of the stuff he did with Mike Patton, like Hemophiliac. And it sounds good... not the easiest to listen to, but pretty good.. it has talent, but not aesthetic quality.

08-23-2007, 10:41 PM	#10 (permalink)
mixed meters Groupie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 32	John Zorn is awesome. His sax playing is mad.